jessicar64

Question: I'm new here and not a great artist. I recall a product design class I had in college where we were supposed to draw our car - during class, quickly, with no reference image. Homework was to go home and draw the car while sitting in front of it. It was an eye-opening exercise for me. I've learned that my mental image of things is often distorted. (Like I said, I'm not a great artist.) If I want to make sure I get hand positions correctly, I have someone pose for me, or I take a photo of someone posing for me, and reference it. Is that not allowed?

loulousq

Mavyn

jessicar64 wrote:Question: I'm new here and not a great artist. I recall a product design class I had in college where we were supposed to draw our car - during class, quickly, with no reference image. Homework was to go home and draw the car while sitting in front of it. It was an eye-opening exercise for me. I've learned that my mental image of things is often distorted. (Like I said, I'm not a great artist.) If I want to make sure I get hand positions correctly, I have someone pose for me, or I take a photo of someone posing for me, and reference it. Is that not allowed?

Your own image is fine. But there are a million pics of the Golden Gate bridge. You will have a hard time making a drawing that would not look like one of them--even one you took--so come up with something else or be prepared to discuss it a lot.

And for those wondering why shirts lower in the fog are less scrutinized...it has nothing to do with the artist or a threat. Shirts below 100+ votes will not print, so why bother? Pretty much every artist who fogs has been subject to drama. Good competitors accept it and move on, either correcting or not.

oakenspirit

fizzicksdude wrote:Sorry, but as a physics guy I can't let you get away with saying that Curiosity is light years away...more like light minutes...around 7 min right now and 22 min when we are as far a part as possible.

CYBERREQUIN

I think the IT Crowd one.
I LOVE that show, but im pretty sure the 8 bit graphic of Roy and Moss has GOT to BBC copyrighted, it doesnt look any different from the opening credits from the show :/
I tattled on it even though id really want that as a shirt.

sheenachu

I did create the 8-bit characters from the intro to match the theme, but I didn't copy that image...I guess next time I can make them more illustrative if I do another IT Crowd design, its not going to be printed anyways. I appreciate the feedback though guys.

kirkwren

pantilemon wrote:Hey Wooters! I think I'm needing some help here. What do you guys think I'm doing wrong on my designs? This is my 6'th derby and I'm not getting any better it would seem, so I think its time for some 'constructive criticism' or hate mail... Whatevs, I'm not picky.

sheenachu

Really you could say that all of the Mario(or other popular themes) referenced designs are not original either because those images are also being re-created...its hard to create a "pop-culture" design without someone saying it is unoriginal...its all about the context I guess...IDK, I guess that's why so many people don't want pop culture references anymore.

sheenachu

I wouldn't think so, yet it was in the fog the entire time and is being printed. It wouldn't bother me if there weren't already tons of very similar shirts out there with the same concept/joke and everything. I just don't get it...

kylemittskus

sheenachu wrote:Really you could say that all of the Mario(or other popular themes) referenced designs are not original either because those images are also being re-created...its hard to create a "pop-culture" design without someone saying it is unoriginal...its all about the context I guess...IDK, I guess that's why so many people don't want pop culture references anymore.

The difference between your shirt and the Mario shirts is they aren't directly traced like this image obviously is. It's not surprising you don't understand this since you were defending the exact same thing in the Eye washer thread. You can use a reference. You can't trace. Reference = your own. Tracing = you're a thieving fink.

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